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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"I am afraid that the Government’s position is as clear as mud. The OBR says that the Government are raising £5.7 billion from fuel duty. If they are not raising £5.7 billion from fuel duty, they should tell us where that £5.7 billion is coming from. I thought that this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"I did not actually say that. I know that the right hon. Gentleman is disappointed with the Government’s plans and that the previous Budget, of which he was so much in favour, was decisively rejected by the money markets. That shows what happens when we allow the Conservatives to be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"I take it from that that the hon. Gentleman supports pensioners paying more tax as a consequence of the decisions in the autumn statement.

On social security payments for working age adults, the Chancellor again, in fairness, listened to the arguments that were made and uprated benefits in line with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"We want to grow the economy so that there is more money to spend on public services. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman, who always listens carefully, will have heard me say a few moments ago that if our growth had been similar to the OECD average, households would …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"I will give way to my fellow Leicester City fan...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"As always, the hon. Gentleman makes his point with force. The consequence of freezing the childcare element is that more parents working limited hours—it should not affect women more than men but does so disproportionately as they tend to do the childcare—will not be able to work extra hours because …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"My hon. Friend makes a point not dissimilar to that made by the former Leader of the House, the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire. All these things need to be looked at in the round, and the wider implications of tweaks here and there need to be properly assessed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"The hon. Gentleman has elevated me to be his right hon. Friend, and I am delighted to consider him a friend. Of course, we have an ageing and growing population, which is why the health services have always expected a higher uplift. The point I was making is that, in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"In fairness, I have not seen the specific report that my hon. Friend references, but I have seen numerous reports saying that we will be spending £7.5 billion more on sickness benefits and that the Government have underspent by £2 billion on their own employment services. That money should be …..."
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Written Question
Unemployment: National Income
Thursday 17th November 2022

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of economic inactivity on national GDP.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade

In the Autumn Statement on 17 November, the Chancellor set out to the House the Office for Budget Responsibility’s latest economic forecasts. These include forecasts for GDP and take into account recent data on the labour market.